Violin-case.



No. 70,357.' Y Patented 0M. 28, |902. C. F. BREY.

VIOLIN CASE.

1i ei n mea Apr, 15, 1902 (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT` OFFICE.

CLARENCE F. BREY, CF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

VIO LIN-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,357, dated October28, 1902.

i `Application filed April 15, 1902. Serial No. 103,020. (No model loall whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE F. BREY, a citizen of the United States.residingr at Philadelphia, in. the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inViolin-Cases, ofV which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to the permanent connection to the outside of aviolin-caseof a receptacle for sheet-music wherein it can be placedwithout being rolled `up or in any way defaced while the case is beingcarried about, the same being hereinafter described, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is an outer view of thelower side of a violin-case having connected thereto a closed receptacleinto which sheets of music can be inserted and removed therefrom asoccasion may require. Fig. 2 represents an end view of the violin-case,showing overfolded end of the receptacle and means for locking it. Fig.3 is a sectional Vview of the receptacle placed in the case on line xx,Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of portions of the violin-casehaving receptacle with its Y overlapping end uplifted, showing openinginto whichmusic-sheets can be inserted and withdrawn, sheets of musicbeing represent-v ed as partially introduced through saidopen end.

The case may be of the usual shape and size, but in order to embody myinvention must have connected to its under side a sheet of soft leatherextending from the broad end of the case toward the center thereof,asshiown at A in the accompanying drawings.' Its edges are flush with theedges of the case,. but it is somewhat widerthanthe surface of said casein order to provide a receptacleffor insertion of sheets of music. Saidsheet A' may be riveted or blindseamed to the surface of the case alongits marginal lines a or connected thereto by anysuitable mechanismwithout extending within the case proper.

The broad end of the music-receptacle has a folding cap B. (Shown closedin Fig. 1 and lifted up in Fig. 4.) To fasten said end cap when closed,it is provided with a button b, which is inserted within a perforatedtag b',

secu red to the broad end of the case, as shown closed in Fig. 2 andopen in Fig. 4:.

The object of my device will be readily understood by all familiar withthe line of art to which it appertains. It provides means for carryingsheet-music without its being folded or rolled up in a separate parcelas now in common use. Although I have confined my description andillustrated it in the drawings as applied to a violin-case, it can alsobe used on all kinds of stringed instruments of larger size and bewithin the scope of my invention.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-

A violin-case having connected to its outer surface, a sheet of leather,extending from `its broad end toward the center thereof and fastened tosaid surface alongits outer marginal lines, to forrnja receptacle forsheets of music, the receptacle having at its end a folding ,cap withfastening-button for connecting it to a` perforated tag on the broad endof the case, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

i CLARENCE F. BREY. Witnesses:

LOUIS H. MAYER, FEEDK. E. HAHN.

